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Four NHS trust chief executives have publicly highlighted the health service’s declining ability to treat patients quickly enough.
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) has formally opened its education and recruitment centre in Newbury.
The children and young people’s diabetes service at South Tyneside District Hospital has made notable improvements in controlling the condition.
The prevalence of obesity has risen for a second year from 9.3 per cent in 2015-16 to 9.6 per cent in 2016-17 for children in reception.
NHS trust staff are being embedded in secondary schools across Barnsley in an initiative to tackle poor mental health among children.
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust has opened six new beds in Southampton in response to a national shortage of beds for young people who need care in a low secure setting.
Plans to create a Health and Well-being Centre in Dartmouth have moved a step forward with the submission of a planning application to the council.
Pregnant women in Bristol are among the first to take part in a clinical trial of a vaccine that could protect babies against RSV disease.
The ‘PReCePT’ project has been selected by the Health Foundation to be part of a £3.5 million improvement programme.
A new initiative means that all new mothers living in Wirral are to receive a Baby Box following a successful pilot.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has made amendments to their English language requirements for nurses and midwives trained outside the UK.
Since 2011, almost four million hospital bed days have been lost to the NHS due to problems securing social care, Age UK has revealed.
A new report has argued that regular exercise can allow an older person to ‘drop a decade’ in their mobility, easing pressures on the NHS.
NHS England’s National Cancer Programme has said that the NHS is on-track to transform cancer services in England by 2020/21.
Those who smoke or whose weight is classified as obese will need to improve their health before they have surgery, under new plans.
The Department of Health has launched a new £15 million fund to better support people at risk of experiencing a mental health crisis.
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has opened its state-of-the-art education and recruitment centre in Newbury.
Kings College NHS Foundation Trust is carrying out regular deep cleans of all wards to stop the spread of Norovirus.
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UK Building Regulations highlight toxic gas and smoke from layers of paint built up over multiple redecorations as a major cause of permanent ill health or death in a building fire.
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Northwich’s Victoria Infirmary (VIN) Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) has enabled more patients
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It’s easy to assume that the comms team is there to handle press enquiries and the occasional social media storm – but the reality is that strategic communications can make a measurable impact across the entire organisation, from operational to financial, when done properly